# Areawide Market Analysis - NRCS Vermont

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12fpc424q0032

- Solicitation number: 12FPC424Q0032
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Feather Group LLC
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Farm Production and Conservation Business Center
- Contracting office: Fpac Bus Cntr-Acq Div (12FPAC)
- NAICS: 531320 Offices of Real Estate Appraisers
- Product or service code: R411 Real Property Appraisals Services (SIC 6531)
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- County: Cook County (FIPS 17031). https://abierto.us/counties/cook-county-il-17031
- City: Chicago. https://abierto.us/cities/chicago-il-1714000
- First posted: March 6, 2024
- Last posted: March 6, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/57608f1f202c4d15a6d2be5930c15751/view

## Description

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Vermont State Office needs to obtain the services of a Vermont licensed appraiser to complete a statewide Area Wide Market Analysis for the lands under the Conservation Easement Program. The United States of America, acting through the USDA NRCS, purchases conservation easements to assist the landowners in restoring, protecting and enhancing wetlands.

These lands may be placed under a conservation easement through the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program-Wetland Reserve Easement Component (ACEP-WRE).

The purpose of ACEP-WRE is to protect, restore, and enhance the functions and values of wetland ecosystems and lands enrolled are farmed or converted wetlands, former or degraded wetlands, agricultural lands that altered by flooding or soil saturation and water table elevation as a result of offsite or subsurface hydrologic changes, riparian areas, or land currently or previously enrolled in the conservation reserve program (CRP).

Previously restored lands and adjacent lands are also included in the areas enrolled in ACEP-WRE. NRCS needs to obtain an Areawide Market Analysis (AWMA) for and initial fiscal year (FY) and subsequent annual recertifications or AWMA amendments for each following FY not to exceed 4 additional years. The FY begins October 1st and ends September 30th. All Areawide Market Analyses (AWMA) completed for ACEP-WRE must comply with instructions provided by NRCS.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Feather Group LLC (UEI WJGTN8DK8JT5)
- Contract: 12FPC424P0049, purchase order
- Obligated: $24,500.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 12FPC424Q0032 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 12D0 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12FPC424P0049_12D0_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- March 6, 2024: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due March 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice 57608f1f202c4d15a6d2be5930c15751. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/57608f1f202c4d15a6d2be5930c15751/view

## Points of contact

- Chanda Sow, chanda.sow@usda.gov, 6142552496
- Oksana Strekha, oksana.strekha@usda.gov, 919-376-8810

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